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PEOPLE v. BEASLEY

25 N.Y.2d 483 (1969)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ronald Beasley, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 10, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Zuckman for appellant.

Arnold W. Proskin, District Attorney (Michael A. Feit of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, BERGAN, BREITEL and GIBSON concur with Judge JASEN; Judge SCILEPPI dissents and votes to affirm on the ground that the record indicates that the defendant, who was represented by counsel, had a full and complete understanding of the consequences of pleading guilty, thereby obviating the necessity for a hearing.

JASEN, J.

In 1965, the defendant, who was 17 at the time, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree in satisfaction of an indictment charging him with (felony) murder in the first degree. Following his plea, he was sentenced to a term of from 10 to 20 years in prison.

Defendant brought this petition for a writ of error coram nobis alleging that it was error for the court to accept a plea...

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